Published 1865
by For sale by The American News Company in New York .
Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | Speech of Gerrit Smith, at Cooper Institute. New York, June 8, 1865. |
| Contributions | YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | E668 .S64 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 25 p. |
| Number of Pages | 25 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6599056M |
| LC Control Number | 17016977 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 4444703 |
No treason in civil war. New York: For sale by The American News Company, (OCoLC) Material Type: Internet resource: Document Type: Book, Internet Resource: All Authors / Contributors: Gerrit Smith; YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress). No Treason has it origins in The Union government's actions during the Civil War. In response, Spooner published one of his most famous political tracts, No Treason. In this lengthy essay, Spooner argued that the Constitution was a contract of government which had been irreparably violated during the war and was thus s: [No Treason, no. 1, was first printed in , just after the American Civil War. An MP3 audio file of this article, narrated by Brad O'Connell, is available for download.] The question of treason is distinct from that of slavery, and it is the same that it would have been if free states, instead of slave states, had seceded. In short no legal prosecution of treason is going to happen. The legal disarray is astounding to me. The ambiguity of secession just after the Civil War is interesting. Without a trial and its judgements, all discussion of what constitutes Civil War treason and what the punishment would be is highly speculative.
Praise for Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War “Most illuminating is White’s description of how critics and victims of Lincoln’s enforcement politics used the courts to attack what they saw as assaults on liberty This is an important book, and not only for legal and constitutional historians and historians of the Civil War. Whereas the President of the United States has heretofore set forth several proclamations offering amnesty and pardon to persons who had been or were concerned in the late rebellion against the lawful authority of the Government of the United States, which proclamations were severally issued on the 8th day of December, , on the 26th day of . Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez is both a Civil War historian and a trial attorney in Austin, Texas. That background helped him delve into the details of each side of Jefferson Davis’ treason trial. Although the political head of the Confederacy was captured in and charged with treason in , he spent only two years in captivity, and the Author: Nancy Tappan. Contact Us. Mises Institute. West Magnolia Avenue Auburn, Alabama PHONE | FAX Email Us. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. GET NEWS AND ARTICLES IN YOUR INBOX.
Civil War Book Review Spring Article 10 Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis Peter Charles Hoffer University of Georgia, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: Recommended CitationAuthor: Peter Charles Hoffer. No treason in civil war. New York: For sale by The American News Company, (DLC) (OCoLC) Material Type: Document, Internet resource: Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File: All Authors / Contributors: Gerrit Smith. American Studies Professor Jonathan White looks at Civil Liberties and Treason during the Civil War. This hour and fifteen minute class took place at Christopher Newport University in . In the Feb. 19 Outlook essay “Five myths — Treason,” Carlton F.W. Larson stated that the Civil War did not lead to mass executions and the “spirit of reconciliation prevailed.” This view.
